by Reuben Jackson

on 04.09.18

The global supply chain and logistics market surged past $8.1 trillion in 2015 and is set to exceed $15 trillion by 2023, according to a report from Transparency Market Research. Supply chain management, which involves controlling a product’s flow from the sourcing of raw materials to the ...

by Michael Scott

on 04.05.18

Forced labor and workers’ rights violations are a pernicious problem worldwide. The 2017 “Global Estimates of Modern Slavery” report shows that an estimated 25 million people are being subjected to forced labor, with the majority of this activity taking place in the Asia-Pacific region. In an ...

by Christopher Tozzi

on 02.28.18

Can distributed ledgers be the next big thing in the trade finance industry? A group of major international banks and their partners in the blockchain ecosystem clearly think so, as they begin pilot operations for their Marco Polo trade finance initiative. The State of Trade Finance To ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 02.22.18

Silicon Valley–based SyncFab is on a mission to foster smart reshoring: bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. through decentralized, digitally inspired “smart” manufacturing empowered with blockchain technology. The vision of SyncFab is that of a domestic network of high-tech ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 01.25.18

IBM and the integrated transport and logistics company Maersk, a global leader in container shipping, intend to establish a joint venture to provide efficient and secure solutions for conducting global trade using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The two companies plan to develop a global ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 12.21.17

One year ago, Bitcoin Magazine reported that Walmart was testing the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for supply chain management in the food industry, with the goal of tracking and tracing pork in China and produce in the U.S. — two high-volume product categories within the world’s ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 09.28.17

Change Bank is a global cryptobank offering a wide range of financial services including investment opportunities on a global marketplace, support for cryptocurrencies, insurance and more.Change Bank is headquartered in Singapore, a global financial and innovation hub, and its partner companies ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 08.31.17

Distributed focuses on how legacy industries and sectors can, or should, adopt blockchain technology. Government is most certainly a legacy sector, and one that is not often considered as an early adopter of disruptive technologies. Yet, governments all over the planet have expressed interest in ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 08.24.17

“The core of the sharing economy is people renting things from each other,” reads a 2013 reference article published in The Economist. “[Airbnb] is the most prominent example of a huge new ‘sharing economy,’ in which people rent beds, cars, boats and other assets directly from each other, ...

by Peter Harris

on 08.03.17

When it comes to proofs of concept (POCs) and pilots of blockchains for supply chain applications, Ethereum is surely in the lead as the preferred technology platform. With its “world computer” ability to run smart contracts, Ethereum has been adopted as a natural starting point by major ...

by Peter Chawaga

on 07.28.17

From July 22–23, BTC Media, along with co-host SixThirty, asked developers and entrepreneurs from around the country to participate in a 24-hour hackathon in anticipation of its Distributed: Trade conference in St. Louis. The hackathon challenged participants to use blockchain technology to ...

by Peter Chawaga

on 07.21.17

Over the last four weeks, Distributed’s series “Driving the Future of Blockchains” has explored the critical ways that blockchain technology is poised to, or has already begun, reshaping the automotive industry. If you missed any articles in this series, click on the links below. Through the ...

by Jill Richmond

on 07.19.17

The new frontier of a transformed mobility ecosystem, one that could accelerate the development of autonomous driving technology, is predicated with a firehose of data. One of the most critical uses of that data is being examined by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). The institute is ...

by Sherree DeCovny

on 07.12.17

As the research partner of Distributed: Trade, Chain Business Insights is providing this early access to its exclusive research on blockchains’ role in supply chain applications. At the Distributed: Trade 2017 conference, we will present highlights from our research and lead a panel of ...

by Jill Richmond

on 07.12.17

With transportation ushering in a new period of innovation and a new, evolving automotive ecosystem turning car-generated data into valuable products and services, the self-driving ecosystem is poised to have a huge impact not only on the new ride-sharing environment, but also on the technical ...

by Peter Harris

on 07.07.17

As the Research Partner of Distributed: Trade, Chain Business Insights is providing this early access into its exclusive research on blockchains’ role in supply chain applications. At Distributed: Trade, we will present highlights from our research and lead a panel of blockchain innovators to ...

by Jill Richmond

on 07.06.17

Cars now generate data about how they are used, where they are and who is behind the wheel. With greater proliferation of shared mobility, progress in powertrain electrification, car autonomy and vehicle connectivity, the amount of data from vehicles will grow exponentially, raising a key ...

by Jill Richmond

on 06.28.17

It is becoming clear that the fundamental concepts of car ownership, ridership and even the physical asset of the automobile itself are about to transform, particularly with the horizon of fully-autonomous vehicles now estimated to become a market reality in 2020. This new universe will not only ...

by Sherree DeCovny

on 06.27.17

As the research partner of Distributed: Trade,Chain Business Insights is providing this early access into its exclusive research on blockchains’ role in supply chain management. At Distributed: Trade, we will present highlights from our research and lead a panel of blockchain innovators to offer ...

by Michael Scott

on 06.22.17

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) city of Dubai is a vibrant, global trade center bolstered by low taxes, a first class transportation infrastructure and relative stability in a sometimes volatile region. Recently, Dubai has placed a bold bet destined to further its reputation as one of the fastest ...

by Peter Chawaga

on 06.21.17

The future of autonomous driving is no longer a theoretical point in the distance. It’s here. The car, which was for so long simply the sum of its parts — a combustion engine, chassis, wheels — has become so much more. It can now be thought of as limitless points of data, collected by the ...

by Ken Cottrill

on 06.20.17

As the research partner of Distributed: Trade, Chain Business Insights is providing this early access into its exclusive research on blockchains’ role in supply chain management. At Distributed: Trade, we will present highlights from our research and lead a panel of blockchain innovators to ...

by Emily Vaughn

on 12.22.16

The Blockchain Market of 2016 In late 2015, the market for blockchain technology began to shift with regard to financial applications. Much of the discussion still revolved around digital assets and exchange markets, but the industry’s incumbent financial institutions began to realize that ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 12.08.16

The Wall Street Journal posted a story on December 7, 2017 titled “Bitcoin Powerhouse Will Pull the Plug on Bitcoin.” In fact, “bitcoin bank” Circle Internet Financial announced that, among other developments, it will no longer offer customers the ability to buy and sell bitcoins."Using bitcoin ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 12.01.16

Uber and Airbnb, the hugely popular marketplaces for taxi-like car rides and hotel-like short-term rentals, are usually considered to be successful case stories for the emerging “sharing economy.” Another buzz phrase, “people as a services,” describes the business models of these two companies, ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 06.23.16

On June 15 Microsoft announced Project Bletchley, which outlines the company’s vision for an “open, modular blockchain fabric powered by Azure,” Microsoft’s cloud computing service and highlights new key elements in enterprise blockchain architecture.The way was paved for the new modular ...

by Pete Harris

on 06.16.16

A four-person project calling itself DIID – for Distributed ID – was awarded the $20,000 grand prize in the 24-hour hackathon that preceded the Distributed: Trade conference in St. Louis, Missouri earlier this week. The team developed a prototype of an application that provides a “solution to ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 06.09.16

The freight business, not normally thought of as an exciting new frontier, has become one with the advent of blockchain solutions to streamline operations and potentially reap billions in savings. Dynamo is among the startups drawing new talent and investment to the sector, where it hopes to ...

by Pete Harris

on 05.19.16

The business of moving commercial goods around the planet represents billions of dollars in enterprise revenue—as well as losses and inefficiencies resulting from risk, fraud or anachronistic manual paperwork delays. The good news is that few sectors are poised to so dramatically benefit from ...

by Pete Harris

on 04.14.16

Microsoft’s announcement last week that it is partnering with bank consortium leader R3 CEV wasn’t the first time that the Redmond, Washington-based IT giant has been linked with blockchain developments. However, along with the previous week’s news related to its Visual Studio development ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 04.07.16

Before the Web as-we-know-it, there was a conceptual precursor known as Project Xanadu. The brainchild of information technology pioneer, sociologist and maverick philosopher Ted Nelson, Project Xanadu was never fully implemented. However, according to many top computer scientists, the Xanadu ...

by Emily Vaughn

on 03.03.16

Emerging technologies have a long history of initial aversion followed by experimentation and cautious adoption before exploding into mainstream markets. Blockchain technology is no exception, a fact made evident by the resilience of Bitcoin and substantial institutional buy-in from the world’s ...

by Pete Harris

on 02.18.16

Last week saw the debut of The Block Chain Conference in San Francisco, an event produced by Lighthouse Partners to bridge the gap between the “IT establishment” – major vendors and users of enterprise IT – and the blockchain startup world. Around 240 delegates and speakers participated, and ...

by Giulio Prisco

on 02.11.16

Blockchain technology, the “distributed ledger” in which Bitcoin transactions are recorded, when applied to the information management protocols of the legal profession, has the potential to turn the paperwork delays now endemic to most transactions into quaint memories of how things used to be ...

by Kyle Torpey

on 01.28.16

A report released by Long Finance has outlined the possible impact of blockchain technology on insurance. The report claims that blockchain technology applications, many of which are already in development, could have a major impact on identity, globalization, time, mutuality and other insurance ...

by Jacob Donnelly

on 12.10.15

Counterfeit and stolen goods are a significant problem of global commerce. According to the Economist, "estimates for the total value of fakes sold worldwide each year go as high as $1.8 trillion."This results in tremendous losses to product owners without even taking into consideration the ...